If you didn't expect the BLM changes, you've not been paying attention

I really don't know what you all expected. Truly.

Do not expect anything but disappointment going forward, especially with the 8.0 rework (if it even happens).

Was laughing with friends on Discord how they'll keep making BLM easier until I can understand the job. :p

To be honest, I flat out avoided playing BLM (and AST) as soon as the media tour for DT happened.
Though I am doubtful it will boost BLM's average player numbers in content, hopefully the newer iteration of BLM players enjoy it.

I was expecting them, but I expected them by 7.0. When I saw that they kept the timer despite all the other changes, and still kept it in 7.1, it gave me hope that they valued this part of it.

But I could also see how Pictomancer had basically destroyed its competition and that Black Mage was in a position of being like a handicapped Pictomancer.

I think you can still be sad about something despite expecting it, and I think that's how most people are who played the job properly at any point.

I am sure that now that Yoshi is a PCT, BLM will get the healer treatment

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Originally Posted by Collin_Sky

I really don't know what you all expected. Truly.

Do not expect anything but disappointment going forward, especially with the 8.0 rework (if it even happens).

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Well.. Fairly.. them trying to make all jobs feel the same with 0 unique characteristics to any of those was a long term goal. They want to make the game enjoyable for everyone, which is fair and how it should be, while making the game unenjoyable for everyone equally.

People who expect the 8.0 rework to be anything good are delusional

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Originally Posted by Anzaman

Was laughing with friends on Discord how they'll keep making BLM easier until I can understand the job. :p

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Indeed, same here. I can finally pick it up. doing 3 transposes was not for me xD!

https://i.imgur.com/LiyZruu.gif

Ah, the old "You should have seen it coming". Classic.

It's funny how SE reduced the average cast time, so players would not drop Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, but then decided to remove the timers. God forbid you lose a cast as a caster in our game. God forbid you pick the hardest job and lose uptime.

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Originally Posted by brinn12

It's funny how SE reduced the average cast time, so players would not drop Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, but then decided to remove the timers. God forbid you lose a cast as a caster in our game. God forbid you pick the hardest job and lose uptime.

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Imo its more about having a kinda unique job, now they removed the cast, might aswell remove Ice and call it a Firemage